Artisan Grain Collaborative Archives

Tomatomania II with KC and NC!

June 13, 2020November 2, 2020 Mike Nowak Artisan Grain Collaborative, Chicago Region Food Fund, COVID-19 food chain, Craig LeHoullier, Dwarf Tomato Project, eco-influencer, Epic Tomatoes, Karen Lehman from Fresh Taste Chicago, KC Tomato, Peggy Malecki, The Mike Nowak Show, tomato breeding

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KC Tomato and Craig LeHoullier return to the show to participate in Tomatomania II. If they can’t answer your tomato questions, nobody can. Karen Lehman from the Chicago Region Food System Fund says they are looking to provide grants to organizations that are responding to the immediate pandemic impacts on communities in Chicago and on food producers, processors, and distributors.

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Breaking Bread with Neighbor Loaves

May 9, 2020May 22, 2020 Mike Nowak Artisan Grain Collaborative, breaking bread, eco-influencer, flour and yeast shortage, Global Big Day, Hewn Bakery, International Migratory Bird Day, Neighbor Loaves, Pam Karlson, Peggy Malecki, Red Hill Birding, Sheryl DeVore, The Mike Nowak Show

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Alyssa Hartmann, Executive Director of the Artisan Grain Collaborative, and Ellen King, co-owner and head baker of Hewn in Evanston, talk about the Neighbor Loaves program to bring bread to people who need it. Backyard birders became citizen scientists on the annual Global Big Day on Saturday, May 9. Josh Engel of Red Hill Birding, writer Sheryl DeVore and birder Pam Karlson join us to celebrate the occasion.